MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi Motherboard (Open Box)

Got the board and missed that it was refurbished. I’ve done that one other time and was burned by it. This time it was the same experience. System unfortunately would only post for a few minutes then boot loop throwing an BIOS error about the memory. Performed all the usual troubleshooting, replacing the RAM sticks, changing slots, loosing the timings, lowering the speed to meet specs 4800MHz, etc. Removed RAM and CPU from the board and followed MSIs guide on updating the BIOS using their BIOS button. One thing to note is that the website provides a manual that says you need to rename the BIOS file Something.ROM? However that would not work. Moved the bios file into the root of the USB using the default name and then let the system update. That worked however the BIOS light never stopped blinking. After letting it run overnight I rebooted the system into BIOS and was able to confirm that the update did take effect. I’ve had two previous builds using MSI and genuinely like their products. This motherboard dosent change my opinion on the company but it does confirm my bias against refurbished. Went to BestBuy and picked up a Gigabyte B650 Eagle board, installed all my components and the system booted right into Windows. The same board at Walmart is $229 so the price is great if it works! This is getting wordy and I’m sorry but a couple final things are that the system would reboot on its own while in the BIOS itself. All the power connectors were seated and I even took the board out to check the backing to ensure I wasn’t shorting somewhere with a loose screw or standoff. I didn’t find anything. CPU R7 7700X and Corsair RAM were both in the qualified vendor hardware list as well. I really wanted this board! :(